Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter, Ashish Lata Ramgobin, has been accused in a forgery case and a six-million rand fraud. 

She has been sentenced to jail for seven years by a Durban court.

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The trial for the same started back in 2015. 

Lata Ramgobin allegedly showed papers and forged invoices to persuade the potential investors that the three containers of linen were being shipped in from India, as Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. Lata was released at 50,000 Rand back then.

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She also sent the note from the bank that the payment was done, added Kara. Maharaj signed a written agreement with her for the given loan amount based on Lata's family credentials. Later, when Maharaj figured that the documents were forged, he put criminal charges on Lata Ramgobin.

Ramgobin is the daughter of Ela Gandhi and the late Mewa Ramgobin. She refused to appeal the conviction as well as the sentence by the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court.

As for Ramgobin, she was the executive director and founder of the Participative Development Initiative at the NGO International Centre for Non-Violence. She claimed herself as “an activist with a focus on environmental, societal and political interests.”

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